Proposal and discussion: Add MonadFail instance to Either

[Tobias Markus]

As suggested in the GHC Trac [1], it would be nice to have a MonadFail
instance for Either. The original suggestion by lexi.lambda was

  instance MonadFail (Either String) where
    fail = Left

However, it was rightfully pointed out that this instance is overly
specific. The discussion arrived at the following alternative proposed
by Iceland_jack:

  instance IsString str => MonadFail (Either str) where
    fail = Left . fromString

For previous discussion on this proposal, please take a look at the Trac
thread.

I am looking forward to your input!

Tobias

[1] GHC Trac Ticket #12160, https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12160

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Tobias Markus

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